(left): Annie Baker, Sam Gold, Hong
Chau, Christopher Abbott, Lois
Smith, and Georgia Engel at the first
rehearsal for John, 2015.
(below): Tracee Chimo, Deirdre
O’Connell, Heidi Schreck, Reed
Birney, and Peter Friedman in
Circle Mirror Transformation at
Playwrights Horizons, 2010.
(right): Georgia Engel and Peter
Friedman in Uncle Vanya at Soho
Rep, 2012.
(far right): Matthew Maher in
The Flick at Playwrights Horizons,
2013.
S: How does the process of writing a play begin for you?
AB: I usually begin with a setting, I guess...the image of a
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